Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-05-14
TWO MURDERERS.
THY WENT TO NEW HAVEN AND
KILLEp MRS ERNST.
Back to New York the Same Night With
Only forty-rive Dollars
Arrested,
New York SUM-

caught the two murderers of Mrs. Margaret
Ernst, the aged German woman who kept
an unlicensed saloon In the basement OF
No. 81 Spruce street, New Haven, and who
was found dead on q sofa I'm front oi her
bar on Tuesday morning. Her hands and
feet were tightly bound with common cot.
ton bandkcicheis. Another handkerchief
had betn showed into her mouth. and there
was a strong odor Of chloroform In the
room. The back door OF the basement was
OMEN, and the contents OF bureau drawers
and closets and straw mattresses had been
empnod on the torn-up carpets by the mur.
dereTs in their search for money.
Mrs. Ernst was mi-er, and was reputed
bv her nCighborS 10 be worth $4,000,
which, rumor had II, she concealed in her
basement. Two weeks ago one OF the in
spcctoI's men reported 10 him, according
10 rule, that there was strange crook In
town, who spent most OF his time IN James
II, Taylor's liQuor-Storc, n 5l5 Hudson
street Other thieves told TIE detective
that the new man was Henry Il, Chamber
lin, n New haven thief, who was travelling
as Frank Clark. Byrncs detailed De-
tectiyes OusckcnbuSh and Crowley 10 watch
CDambcTlin while he was in town. They
harmed that he had been living with a
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third floor Of - Sixth avenue, Tor several
months, and was apparently very short OF
money.
lie snd TAYLOR were constantly together,
and both were watched. Ga M0ndly
evening, after drinking freely in Taylor's
saloon, the two zen rode 40 tswn and
went to the Grand Central depot. The de.
tcciiyes saw them buy two tickets FOR New
tot n So train nba do.
teciivts reported that their men had gOae
to New Haven without committing aoy
crime in this city. They went to their
homes snd had a good rest for the first time
In weeks.
The next afternoon Tuesday the detcc.
tives were ordered 10 ascertain IL the men
bad returned 10 the city, And while they
stood near Tay lor's saloon Chamberlain and
TAYLOR came ont, jumped INTO a llglt
wagon. and went up the road for a spin.
They both lo0ked hippg, drank heavily.
and seen cd 10 have lots II money. When
they returned from their drive they were
both pTCtiy drunk. Cbambcrin went 10 a
secondhand clothing store. but wou'dn' t
pay the clothier's price for a spring suit.
He staggered to Cora Bells rOOm., and she
went aud bought him bottle Of scltzer.
The story OF the murder OF Mrs. Ernst
i'm New Haven was in the evening papers
that day. Detectiye-Sergeants COSgrOve
and Mcclure were ordered TO arrcs; on
Wednesday the two men who had made
that night trip 10 New Haven. Taylor was
a; his store early " edntsday morning. but
Chamberiin did not appear. TO avoid
rousiDg Chambtrlin's suspicious by arrest
ing Taylor IN The saloon a policeman
in uniform was sent into the saloon, VINO
told Taylor that he WAS wanted at
the excise Office. Taylo started for the
excise commissioners office, and when he
got TO tie corner Of Bond street and Bread.
way was arrested and marched TO the pO-
lice Central office. The detectives sent q
letter, purportiug 10 he signed bv Taylor,
10 the saloon, stating thlt Taylor had been
called cut Of town on business and would
not be back that night. Cnamberlin ap-
parently suspected 4 tran, for he did not go
80 the saloon that night. Yesterday De.
tectivts Cosgroye and Mcclure found him
in a saloon an the B0wery between Third
and Fourth streets. and seized him as he
came ont OF il st L. NJ.
The street was crowded with people.
ChamberIin. who j. muscular young
man nearly six feet tall. threw the detec.
tiyes TO one side and drew revolver. The
crowds scattered, but the detectives grIp.
pied With him, and while one Knocked the
pistol ont Of bis band the other knocked
HIM down. In twlnkling he was on his
feet again with pair OF steel bracelets on
his wrists and was walking 10 Inspector
Byrnes's Office. Then Cora Il i was ar
rested in Der room, and the Inspector hid
a long talk with the prisoners separately
Apparently he worked what his men call
"the third-degree racket " on them, for at
O'Clock he looked and told the reporters
that he was ready 10 tell them ali about the
murder. The lnso ctor's story was very
complete, and he vouched for its cor
Tectness. but declined to say who hid
"squealed." This Is The history OF the
crime as given by one OF TIE principals,
probsby Tay Tor: Cbamberlin a1d Taylor
got TO New Haven on Mon iay nj sht at half.
past 8 O'Clock. They had some drinks near
The depot, and about 10 L. NJ. went TO
Mrs. Ernst's house, on Spruce street Pass
ing through an alley alongside the rooSery
they loot ed through The lear window and
saw Mrs. Ernst talking 10 a woman neigh.
Dor. The neighbor went out the front
door. Mrs. Ernst fastened the back door
with an iron bar. Then the two men went
softly down The steps from the yard to the
door. and Chamberiin raped on the door.
cts me. ma'am," answered Chamber
lin, dis euising bis voice and talking With
German accent "Open; l got lstter for
YOU"
Mrs. Ernst took of the bar, and the two
men stepped inside, Taylor closing the
door after him. Chlmberlin took m eu-
yelope FROM his pocket, and a, the old
woman reached for It he seized her by the
neck and hurled her on the 1lOOr. Then
he pressed handkerchief saturated with
ehlorofOrm over her mouth and nose and
gripped her throat uutiI she was uncOn-
scious. Taylor barred and locked the
door, and then helped Chamberin 10 bind
the woman hand and foot with ha0dker-
chiefs. Cbamberlin tied her hands TO-
gether while Taylor made her feet fast
The two men then picked her up aud laid
her on the lounge in front OF the bar.
Taylor opened the till ana took out 5 in
change, all the money in il.
"Must be more money somewhere" said
Chamberliu, who bad been tearing up the
carpets aud ripping open The mattresses in
the room, looking for money. "Lets try
The other rooms
They took OF their shoes and turned cut
the pa. Int a candle, and went in the old
woman's ted.Toom. Cbamberln bah
bought chIsel IN tins CITY for forty cents
and Tay!OT tried 10 prs open bureau
drawer that WAS tightly locked with II.
"YOu're making too much noise" said
Chaml erin. "let me try it," and b. opened
The drawer 10 a iify. Chamberlin pocketed
the al 10 he found m this drawer.
While they were rlnsaeking closets aud
drawers aud looking under the carpets and
between the bedding the old woman came
10 and yelled murder. Chsmberlin ran
into the room where the woman lay, aud,
seizing her by the throat, dashed her head
against The woodwork Of the lounge until
she again became unconscious. Taylor
wrapped a sheet around her neck while
Cbamberlin put fresh gag in her mouth.
Not finding any more money ABOUT the
rooms, Chamberlin searched the wOman'>
clothing. As he took the sheet from her
face be turned cooly around TO Taylor and
said:
"Jim, she's dead -
$50 she Is. ;" added ia. Tor, boxing at her
face.
Nothing was found in her poke :, and
Chamberlp sat down on the sofa al the feet
OF the corpse and put on bis shoes. Taylor
leaned against the bar and drew GU his gal-
tiers. Then thev helped themselves 10 seye.
raj drinks az the old w0man's whiskey and
filled their pockets with cigars. Chamber
lin walked over 10 the sofa and took q
closer look az the face OF the dead woman
and said "Sbe's dead, sure, JIM" AMI 80
he took the HANDKERCHIEF out Of her mouth.
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